Grad school?

lucifer_sam · 03-19-2010, 11:00 AM

Thanks for the background, but that doesn't help me whatsoever. I'm interested in Berkeley because it has the best program in the world for my field of choice. Last year they accepted 44 candidates for graduate mechanical engineering studies out of a pool of 893 applicants, most of which had GPAs over 3.70. It's definitely a stretch school for me, even if I had the grades for it I probably wouldn't get in.

What I'm really concerned about is the strength of the school's program, if it means making better contacts in the industry I'll go somewhere that I have a decent chance getting into rather than somewhere that has nice weather.

noise · 03-19-2010, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

Thanks for the background, but that doesn't help me whatsoever. I'm interested in Berkeley because it has the best program in the world for my field of choice. Last year they accepted 44 candidates for graduate mechanical engineering studies out of a pool of 893 applicants, most of which had GPAs over 3.70. It's definitely a stretch school for me, even if I had the grades for it I probably wouldn't get in.

What I'm really concerned about is the strength of the school's program, if it means making better contacts in the industry I'll go somewhere that I have a decent chance getting into rather than somewhere that has nice weather.

that sounded very... pompous.

to be perfectly frank, if you're serious about finding the best program in the world for your field of choice, then you can probably find a more appropriate place to ask than a forum full of burnouts and rockers...

in fact, if you truly are PhD material, you should be able to do a bit of research and find the answer for yourself

i know i'm being an ass, but MAStudent was only trying to help, and you should be more grateful.

03-19-2010, 11:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	Thanks for the background, but that doesn't help me whatsoever. I'm interested in Berkeley because it has the best program in the world for my field of choice. Last year they accepted 44 candidates for graduate mechanical engineering studies out of a pool of 893 applicants, most of which had GPAs over 3.70. It's definitely a stretch school for me, even if I had the grades for it I probably wouldn't get in. What I'm really concerned about is the strength of the school's program, if it means making better contacts in the industry I'll go somewhere that I have a decent chance getting into rather than somewhere that has nice weather. __________________ first.am